Helping young refugees and immigrants succeed : public policy, aid, and education

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Helping young refugees and immigrants succeed : public policy, aid, and education

edited by Gerhard Sonnert and Gerald Holton

Palgrave Macmillan, 2010

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-302) and index

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内容説明

In a unique effort, this book brings together, for the first time, scholarly analyses by eminent researchers of the historical, social, legal, and cultural influences on the young newcomers' lives as well as reports by practitioners in major aid organizations about the concrete work that their organizations have been carrying out.

目次

  • Introduction
  • G.Sonnert & G.Holton PART I: SETTING THE STAGE: THE HISTORIAL FRAMEWORK Questions of Success: Lessons from the Last Great Immigration
  • N.Foner Conceptual Frameworks for Obstacles to Immigrant Advancement: Perceiving Immigrants in the Context of Societal Change
  • R.Ueda PART II: LOOKING INTO THE PAST: SOME LESSONS FROM THE 'SECOND WAVE' Successful Young Refugees form Central Europe - Potential Lessons for Today
  • G.Sonnert & G.Holton The Second Wave and the American Jewish Community
  • N.Glazer Helping Young Immigrants/Refugees Become Entrepreneurs
  • C.Claus Abt PART III: RECENT AND CURRENT WAVES OF YOUNG IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES After the Cold War: Comparing Soviet Jewish and Vietnamese Youth in the 1980s to Today's Young Refugees
  • S.J.Gold Second Generation Advantages: An Optimistic Story
  • M.Waters The Changing Role of Race and Ethnicity in the Incorporation of Refugees, Immigrants and their Children
  • P.Kasinitz Young, Gifted and West African: Transnational Migrants Growing Up in America
  • M.Halter & V.M.Showers Johnson Mexican Immigrant Legalization and Naturalization and Children's Economic Well-Being
  • F.D.Bean, S.K.Brown, M.A.Leach & J.Bachmeier PART IV: EDUCATING IMMIGRANTS Schooling Pathways of Newcomer Immigrant Youth
  • C.Suarez-Orozco & F.X.Gaytan The Importance of Raising Mexican-American High School Graduation Rates
  • J.Perlmann Increasing Concrete Knowledge and Community Capacity: How CUNY and other Institutions Can Help Re-Shape Mexican Educational Futures in New York
  • R.Smith PART V: INSTITUTIONS PROVIDING AID TO YOUNG IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES Tapping the Potential of Refugee Youth
  • R.J.Carey & J.S.Kim [International Rescue Committee (IRC)] Reasons for Living and Hoping: Strangers No Longer: Together on the Journey of Hope
  • J.Duncan [United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Migration and Refugee Services (USCCB/MRS)] Protection of Refugee and Migrant Children: The Role of Nonprofits
  • A.Wilson [Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (LIRS)] A Framework for the Care of Unaccompanied Children
  • K.Tota [Office of Refugee Resettlement, U. S. Department of Health& Human Services] PART VI: LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE Home Country Farewell: The Withering of Immigrants' 'Transnational' Ties
  • R.Waldinger Is There a Looming Period of Liminality for Race and Ethnicity in the US?
  • R.Alba & H.shien Tsao

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